Bookhout v. Levitt

The petitioners, all members of the New York State Employees’ Retirement System, are retired elected public officials of Otsego County. They include former Surrogate’s Court, County Court and Family Court Judges, a former County Treasurer and a former County Clerk. In each instance the respondent Comptroller has determined, pursuant *478to the procedures of section 74 of the Retirement and Social Security Law, that (1) lump-sum payments for accumulated unused vacation time and (2) additional service credits for accumulated unused sick leave, both authorized by the county at the time of their…